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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Scott and the Lieutenant.

In one of the great battles of the
Mexican war Lieutenant George 81.
Derby was wounded, and the Command
erin Chief, being near, rode up to the
group surrounding him, and, finding that
the injury was not dangerous, started
away with the parting salutation:
"Good-d day, Leftenant Darby"
"Good-day, General Scatt, responded
the party addressed sufficiently loud for
his retiring superior to hear.
"The Generals name is not Scatt, "
said one of the group.
"Nom was the response. "and neither
is my name Darby. by."-San Francisco En-
0miner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Hints About Horses.

Unless the farm IS very stony and the
roads rough, steep and hard, take off
the shoes at this season and let the hoof
get some natural growth, says farmer
in the New York Tribune. 1t is waste
of time and money to shoe plow-eam
or farm-team in the summer. Ill-tittlng
collars arc the bane of arm-teams; they
divert the line of draft and bruise the
shoulders; they set loosely and chafe the
neck. Too often the collars are too long.
In this case one of the zinc collar pads
will shorten the collar and prevent bruls-
ing the neck. Muddy legs irritate the
skin and produce the pustu!ar intlamma-
tion known as grease. This is more easl-
ly prevented than cured. Wash the legs
and rub them dry whenever the horses
come in wet and muddy. Glycerine IS
the best emollient for the skin, but more
be ause it is easily procured. Crude pc
trolium is antiseptic, emollient and heal
ing, and thus prevents poisoning OF the
skin, softens it aud prevents heating and
inflammation and cures disease when
want of care produces this too common
result. Friction with woolen rubber
either dry or wet as the case may be, is
excellent for the skin, and fifteen minutes
spent every day in rubbing down horse
will be we'll employed. For all kinds of
yermin rub the hair, not the skin, with a
brush or sponge moistened with kerosene
and glycerine in equal parts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
A Sympathetic Horse.

A number of horses are kept together
at Independence. A few days ago a
load of alfalfa hay was brought and put
in the yard near the stable; one horse
was loose in the yard, the other two be-
ing tied up in the stable, the door being
left open. After eating a few bits of the
alfalfa, of which he is very fond, the
loose horse appeared to remember that
his companions were debarred from the
feast. He took large mouthfuls of the
alfalfa, carried it into the stable, and
placed it before the other horses.-Enyo
lCal.) Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Making Glover Hay.

Cut the clover as soon as you can sec
any heads turning brown. Cut at this
stage, the clover will make less weight
than if cut later; but it will have grea; er
food value, a larger part of it being di-
gestible. AS the heads ripen, the per-
centage of woody fibre in tie plant
steadily increases. Cut as soon Us the
earliest blossoms begin to turn, it is more
troublesome to cure than if cut later; but
this is more than compensated for by the
greater value of the second crop, whether
it is cut for hay or seed. When cut at
the right season, and we'll cured, the
nutritive value of clover hay is fully
equal to that of Timothy, and is greater
in many food combinations, on account
of its higher albuminoid ratio. Glover
is injured by too much sun. 4
very hot sun is not desirable, as it
"burnsn the clover making the leaves
50 brittle that they will break off
in handling. If allowed to get too ripe
before it is cut, or if cut when the dew is
on, the effect is of the same nature. 1t
will cure not lite in the cock, and this
curing is more desirable than sundrying.
The less handling necessary the better.
The best weather for clover-hay making
is when the sun is not very hot and the
air is dry. The worst weather is-u flor
tunately, not uncommon-hot sun an
moist atmosphere; then the hay ''burns
out" and sudden showers may be eX-
pected.
Clover hay will not keep in stack,
unless the stack is protected by better
material. In the West, where most of
the hay is stacked, this is accomplished
by putting timothy on the top. Large
barracks-open sheds-are often used.
These cost but little. and afford good
protection. But nothing else equals a
good NOW; and nearly all the value of
clover hay depends upon its curing and
keeping. g.-American Aniculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Treatment for Young Pigs.

My mode of treatment for young pigs,
says farmer in the Sutneherd, is: In the
first place after the pigs are farrowcd am
very careful to watch them and see that
the sow does not overlay them and that
their bed is kept clean and dry. do not
feed the SOW very much for six or eight
days, do not feed any slop until the pigs
are five weeks old, then do not give any
sour slop, for it will give the pigs the
scours, which will stunt or Kill them. l
do not allow them to have very much bed
ding while young, and it should be
changed twice week. AS soon as they
are old enough to eat corn sink trough
In the ground so they can get to it easy
and feed them soaked corn in it. If l
want them for show pigs l give them all
they can eat with pint of slop to each
pig twice day; if want them for fall
trade, let them run on grass through the
summer, and do not feed very much
corn, as think pigs kept in this way will
make bigger hogs with better constitu-
tions than when fed too strong while
young, as you arc liable to break them
down in the feet and ruin their constitu-
tions for breeding purposes, which is
one of the main things we are looking
after. My ol observation has been that pigs
fed for the show ring never amount to
much as breeders; this is not always the
case, but YOU will find it so nine cases
out of ten l have been in the show
ring nine years and have ruined more
good pigs by feeding too young than
BY disease. The best result ever had
was not to feed any corn till the pigs
were four months old, then when be-
gan to feed them it would not be long
till they began to curl their tails, and
by the time they were six months old
they would weigh two hundred to two
hundred and fifty pounds; then you are
not ashamed for them to be seen. had
thirty male pigs last season that treated
in this way that were hard to beat, and
it was no trouble to find sale for them,
and every man who got one is we'll sat
isfed. Too many get too anxious and
feed their pigs to death while young.
know that was the case with me when
I first started in the business. A new
beginner generally thinks he knows more
than the man who has been in the busi.
ness for years, and he finds out when il
Is too late that he knows nothing
about the business and if he had taken
some advice he would have been sew
eral hundred dollars better off l use
charcoal, sulphur, salt, ashes, and a lit
tie black antimony mixed together to
keep my hogs in healthy condition.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Potash fertilizers have decidedly i'm
proved desirable qualities of fruits where
ever applied
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
All "Playcd Out.N

Don't know what ails me lately. Can't
eat well-can.t sleep well. Can't work, and
dom enjoS doing any hing. Amt really, sick;
and really amt Well. Feel kind o played
out, someway." That is what scores Of en-
say every day. If they nd take DR.. Pierce's
"Goldcn Medical Discovery" they would 8 on
have no occasion 10 say it. 1t puriiies the
blood. tones up the system and fortities II
against disease. 1t is great anti-bilious rem
edy as well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

It is an impressive truth that sometimes
in the very lowest forms of duty, less
than which would rank man as d vii
lain, there is, nevertheless, the sub
limcnt ascent of self f-sacrifce. DE Quincy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

IT has hi herto been sup osed that the high
est mountain in the VOL Id was Mount Evert g.,
one of the Hirna ayan range, 1900 feet high,
cules, in New Guinea, which scars TO the tre-
mendous altitude Of 32, IS8 feet or five times
that of Mount Washington, in New Hamp-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
A Horse Knows What's What.

1t is said the race-horses In the East get TO
love MoXie as bad as the women, and drink 1t
with the greatest av;dity. The cattl. ?. efer
1t to ny ling ell where 1t grows. 1t is now
estimated that on, ~ ( tie mo lerate driLk rs
on;y Moxie Nerve Food. II 80, God be prai.e
It did not come any to stoa. Its sale is said
to exceed anything ever put VI On the mar ket'
The age of swilling drugs a: stmulants is
getting a set back by the extract Of the little
fodder D ant "Moxie." which now seems to be
coming the next tn to the family physician
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blow
in. and spittinv. lut use DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and be cured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
SI Feel So Well -

II want to thank you for telling me of DR..
Pierce 'Favorite Prescription wr.tes Lady
to her frienL. For long time was unfit 10
attend TO TIE work of NV household. KEEP:
al out, but felt thoroughly miserable. l lad
terrible backaches. and bearing down sens a
t o across me and was quite weak tna al :
couraged. se It and got some of the medicine
after receiving your letter and it hus cured
mo. I hardly know my elf. / fell SO we'll"
A HEMLOCK tree measuring five feet and
seven inches in dian eier was felled recently
in Tiopa Con nty Penn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

Mrs. CLEVELAND objec to finger rings she
only We ars one, her wedding band.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

Piles Cured for Is Cents.
DIR. WALToN's CURE FOR PILES is guaran-
teed 10 cure the worst case of piles. Price 2l
cents. At druggists, or mailed [sta'ups taken]
WALTON REMEDY Co., CLEVELAND. o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

The greatest glory is not in never
failing, but in rising every time we
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS. Runuan P. O., Columbia Co,
she was five wears old, very badly. saw DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro.
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that II
helped her; O third bottle effected perma,,
nerit cure. She is now eighteen years oio ano
sound and hearty"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
- (urad f0r IS Cents.

TIE American Exhibition in London has the
longest bar ever built.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
auyntold AGONY from Catarrh.,,

Prof. W. HAusNER, the famous mesmerist
of ithaca, N. Y, writes: Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun,
set, my voice would become so hoarse / could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
Catarrh Remedy, in three months was q well
man. and the cure has been permanent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
na, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs &c Gro
Relief is immediate, and cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 50c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

Farm and Garden Notes.
D., Potash fertilizers have decidedly i'm
proved desirable qualities of fruits where
ever applied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

llNCSl "lllSN OllCu llSCS Ill SlouoS "iiSh
the vines arc disturbed. The best treat
ment is to 60 among the vines with
torches, gently beating them to disturb
the insects, which will atonce fly toward
the light. The first appearance of gray
ish syots on the under sides of the vine
indicates mildew, and flowers of sulphur
should be applied with bellows made
for the purpose.
Many persons gather seeds for the
season all in one day, and that far along
in the selspr. 1t is better to commence
with the first flower of spring and keep
it up all through the season. A CORE
| spondent writes that she usually carries
in her pocket a small ball of twinc. and
when she sees an extra fine flower from
which she would like seed she ties bit
of twiue around the stem, and when
among the flowers she is on the lookout
| for the ripened seeds of such. These
she gathers and tics up in the corner of
her handkerchief, or in cheese cloth, mar
rowly Eemmcd for the purpose, which
she has provided expressly for gathering
seeds in.
| 1t is curious HOW lltLie attentlOn is
given to the cultivation of those garden
crops that require very little care and
vet that are so much appreciated when
brought upon the table. Spinach is one
of the crops. 1t is found in but COM
paratively few gardens, and yet is
easily grown and is very relishable. 1t
might have been sown last autumn, and
if lightly mulched would have been all
right. It may be sown in the spring as
soon as the ground is fit. and two weeks
from the first sowing there may be a
second. There are two varieties, the
prickly seeded and the round, the latter
being the best. It requires bit small
bed to. supply a family with all the
green's needed.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09

We are sorry TO see the Ouachita
Telegraph following the City Item in
the statement that the Nichols cam-
paign has been formally opened with
''headquarters on the second floor of
tho bar-room, corner Charities and
Canal Streets" We have been at the
Nichols campaign committees head
quarters, and the bar-room bears about
the same relation to it that the room
of guest ut the St Charles hotel bears
to the saloon below. Let there be no
hitting below the belt in this cam
paign.-,StrerepoS Times.
We had no intention of hitting below
the belt, friend of the Times, bat the
statement, (and we took it for true),
was very suggestive that tho place
where Nichols men "most do congrc-
gate" was quite convenient 10 place
where thirsty citizen could get all he
wanted "un,ier his belt" At any rate
we publish what you have To say, by
way of the amende honorable, and to
correct any erroneous and misleading
we erauces we may have made.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16
ERENSRIJRG. PA FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1887.

was gone in 10 seconds, and i SAL wreck
was left behind. Every lodge was
down, and many of them carried AWAY,
while many OF tho people were hurt,
AMI two children Ei.iel outright, by
failin, limbs AMI flying debris.
81 never saw Indians lose their heads
aS those chaps did" sail OLD Tom II
WIS lett quite alone for the next quarter
of In hour, while those who h-id es-
Capci unIurt were running about in a
childish WAY 1t WAS JuSt growing dusk
when IN lu.lian pony WIS lod up 10 tho
stake by ths head chief in person l
was cut loose by warrior, liitei upon
the pony by two 9th IT'S, and told by tho
chief that | was at liberty To -. ! was
too dazrl TO understand, but they gIvo
tho horse slap AMI away We went
For the next l0 minutes | WAS 10 bet
ter than an idiot or crazy man, but my
senses soon returned AMI ! saw through
il. They regarded me IL an evil spirit
and wanted 10 get rid of mo. Ny rile
WAS strapped 10 the sable, As WAS every
other article they had taken from me,
and they had given me ons oi their
best horses. Inside OF two hours l Wis
back II Our camp bat only II rind Iho
party gone. They had become alarmed
aud moved about 80 miles up the
stream, where found them next day"
Tom not only had the Com1nchc out
fit II prove the truth of what lac said,
but the next year, when the chiefs OF
the tribe held = pOw-wOw with u govern
mcut commission, the entire story was
told anew BY the Indians, AMI many
inquiries were made ~ TO what IA be-
com. OF tho white mans devil
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16
"Copy" from tho Telegraph Operator.

His day operator ut once commences
10 take the report from the Morse
sounder ON \ type writer. He is fast
operator, and he takes on an average
seyenty-iive words L minute He could
take more If it were possible TO send it
faster. 4 voluminous code is u-ed to-
facilitate the sending. Thus u" stands
for the" "Wshn" for washington. ."
fin for 'from," mfrs" for manu-
faCtgrers.' etc. Thes. words are filled
out on the typo writer whilo they are
coming in abbreviated form over the
wire
4 batch of "cSpy," neatly type written.
q soon ready, and boy dashes down
stairs with 1t to the telegraph editor of
ms afternoon paper, who cuts it up. puts
suitable "hcads" TO the different items
md sends them 10 the printers. Only
the news comes over the wir... and the
operator sit- impassively, with unchanc-
ing countenance. taking murders. riots,
weddings. bank failures. jubilee items.
consPiracies, desperate battles and
ministerial conventions in one lon..
clicking monotone, without ANYTHING to
distinguish one item from ano,her exrept
the date snd 81 new linz The s5rtin,
aftcrward is the work OF the telegraph
editor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16
Home.

4 home is not q mere shelter from the
weather, nor is IL only place III which
10 lodge and eat; nor yet Is It = show
room for furniture or 4 museum Tor brio
a-brac. II is the living place, where tho
courtesies OF life are to he Cultivated and
where health and happiness, peace and
prosperity are 10 combine TO make life
sublime JOY
Home should be the neatest and most
beautiful house your means can provide.
If you cannot afford whole house, take
part of house. See that the situation
is hcalthful. the outlook As pleasant rs
possible and the plumbing, drains and
ventilation in good order Then keep
every part of the place perfectly clean
Have place for everything, and see
that everything Is in its place. Allow no
dirt holes in closets or corners. See tha-
the cellar IL as clean and tidy as the part
lUr. Much disease comes from dccaying
vegetables and stale rubbish-heaps in foul
cellars.
Require everybody to be absolutely
neat and careful in the use of the bath
room and its belongings.
Don't make Your garret n storehOuse
for what ought to be sent to the junk
shop or thrown away. Some people keep
"a food for many generations of moths
old clothes, which might be given 10 the
poor or sold.
II the home contains Z musical lnStru-
ment, learn To play on It, 50 that the mu-
sic will be delight ana not a bore to
those who listen.
Every meal ought TO be pleasant fes-
tivity, however plain the fare. Bring TO
the table all the joyful good cheer you
have Pleasant conversation At table is
4 delightful seasoning for meals. It
keeps off dyspepsia too
Every one who lives in the home
should contribute his OF her full share of
all that clips to make home happy ANY
one who IL -ulky, or sour, or cross, ought
not to come 10 the table, but should 90
to some private corner, or to the cellar,
rather than shed gloom over the others.
However tired or overworked you may
be, 1t is no reason for being growly or
severe. We all have our burdens to
bear. Let us bear them chceriully.
Make friends and neighborr and guests
welcome when they enter the house. and
bid them heartily make themselves 1t
home
Parents should make home the place
to which their children will look back
with tender and loving memories, how
ever far they may wander from il in their
after life.-Home life AM home surround
ingS have = powerful influence on the
next generation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16

Tho second largest state j. California.
Nebraska is more than twice the size
u Indiana.
Michigan and Florida arc tho same
size.
Texas is four times us large as the New
England States.
Dakota il lJrrrr than England, Scot
laEI and Ireland together.
The population Of London, England, is
equal t. tnat of Canada, or that OF New
York state, including its cities.
Kentucky and Portugal are about the
sane s.Zc.
California is nearly five times as large
~ ireland.
The Island of Cuba and the State OF
Tennessee are nearly equal in area.
Brazil Is nearly as large as the United
States but the population oi the latter
Is SIX times that of the former.
The populations of Canada, New York,
Ireland and Belgium are about the same
Ii the people OF Canada and Oi the
Cnitci States were placed in the state
Ol Texas, tho number OF persons to the
square mile would be fewer than at pres
cat in China.
The population OF Canada is double
that Of Aus. ralia.
Colorado IS aS large rs Now York.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey together.
1t would take ten states as large rs
AlstSSsN'll.lSclls - llslhG = state aS large
- Kansas.
There arc more people in the cities OF
Ncw York and brooklyn than in the
Stat" Of Massachusetts, including It's
cities.
There are rs many people in the City
OF Chicago as in the State Of Connecticut.
There are twcny-Scven states and ter
ritoriCs each larger than New York
Oregon i, equal III area 10 New York
end PENNSYLVANIA.
Massachusetts is smaller than either
New HanIs shire or Vermont.
Minnesota il twice the size Of Ohio.
The three states bordering on the
Pacific arc larger than the thirteen States
bordering On the Atlantic.
Montana is thirty times larger than
Connecticut.
Dakota is four times larger than Iu-
diana
Iowa is five times as largo as Belgium,
and IOur times a. large Is Denmark
Maryland and Switzerland arc about
the same size.
Michigan il twice the size OF Scotland.
The area Of the Dominion OF Canada
j. almost rIual to the area Of the United
Il ItcS, including Alaska.
Texas is as large rs France, Holland
@n3 Belgium together.
There are nearly rs many people in
the City OF Philadelphia as in the State
vi kansas.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16
The Terrier and tho Coyote.

We have a dog-a waller dog-and the
way We have Dragged on that dog and
his fighting qualities will, We fear, prove
a bar to our passage through the pearly
gates. We have told his pedigree and
offered to back him against any other
pup IN the valley; in fact, our assurance
has STAYED off many a battle jut, alas,
our pride in that direction has vanished.
While riding forth in the sage-brush
country the other day we noticed a smal,
coyote dogg;ng our tracks; we proceeded
TO dog him, when something peculiar
happened. The yellow terrier COM
mrnced 10 pivot around large, low bush
with the coyote in hard pursuit. Well,
now, you see a coyote can beat 4 cyclonc
IN spced, SO II only TOOK about two rounds
before nc gained on the dog enough to
take a piece OF meat ont OF his hind .eg.
10 say that tho terrier was astonishcI Is
&c put It light. lie fell over himself sey-
era. times, hau.ed down the flag. and
sought the shelter OF the horse. That
banned coyote followed us for two miles,
in;ent on a tight, but he did not get il.
Bids will be received at our Office Tor the
terrier.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-16

Among the numerous collectors OF Gu
rosities of every kind who abound in
Paris there is on. wealthy virtuOs- who
amuses himself by collecting deaths
heads and skeletons Enthusiastically carved
or modelled in marble, carthenwAre.
wood or precious stones. These ne has
gathered together in u kind of museum
OF death, which 1t first sight seems
hideous and ''macabrc," but, on closer
inspection, proves highly interesting
Some oi the heads have been detached
from those Old MEDIEVAL rosary beads,
which were usually ornamental on on:
side with the profile ui i king or \ saint
and on the other with the grinniny fac,
of = skeleton Oue OF the most hidcou1,
yet at the same time most artisticIlly eX-
ccuted, Of the figures is that of 4 skeleton
engaged in takin. from of his bones tlIs
"conquernr worms" which have be-u
claiming him as their own. The Collrc-
tor has given lugubrious reality to tho
objects in his museum by placing hero
and there among them the skulls oi dead
women.